BARMER Teledoktor-App

With the teledoctor app, BARMER offers its insured persons the services of the teledoctor in a mobile version. You can conveniently and conveniently receive medical treatment in the video consultation or receive medical advice on many health topics via various channels. The teledoctor will answer your questions, for example, about medication, therapies, illnesses and many other areas of health. And that 365 days a year.

The BARMER teledoctor app offers the following functions

- Remote medical treatment

Get medical treatment for yourself or your child during the video consultation and, if necessary, issue a sick leave or prescription. In addition, certificates for sick pay can be issued if the child falls ill.

- Dermatological video consultation

Upload photos for the medical video consultation and get medical treatment from a dermatologist and, if necessary, issue a sick note or prescription.

- Digital skin check

Fast initial assessment of many skin changes or complaints within a few days. Upload photos of the affected areas and fill out a medical questionnaire for an initial medical assessment and report.

- medical advice hotline

The medical expert teams answer all your questions from asthma to toothache every day between 6 a.m. and midnight.

- Chat function

Conveniently ask health questions via chat – every day between 6 a.m. and midnight.

- Second opinion

Get a second opinion or medical advice if you have questions about dentures, orthodontics, or prior to scheduled surgery.

- Appointment service

The experts arrange medical appointments in order to keep the waiting time for a specialist appointment as short as possible or to bring existing appointments forward.

- English speaking services

The app and all teledoctor services are optionally available in English.

Requirements:

You need a BARMER user account to use the teledoctor app. You can set this up for your protected member area "My BARMER" at www.barmer.de/meine-barmer.

For legal reasons, the use of the video consultation in the app is independently possible from the age of 16. For persons under the age of 16, it is necessary for parents or guardians to be present.

As a public body within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/2102, we make every effort to ensure that our websites and mobile applications comply with the provisions of the Federal Disability Equality Act (BGG) and the Accessible Information Technology Ordinance (BITV 2.0) to implement the Directive ( EU) 2016/2102 to make it barrier-free. Information on the declaration and implementation of accessibility is available at https://www.barmer.de/a006606